Remote Sensing Test 2 Sample questions

Test 1 Sample questions

1) You can bring a 3x5 card of handwritten notes (both sides) to the test. If your card is any bigger you will have 10 points taken off your test score.

Swaths of data refer to:

a) stripes of data collected by satellites orbiting the earth

b) the way in which level 0 data are collected

c) a collection of data on a CD-ROM

d) data like Landsat TM data that is collected over a narrow frequency range

To get an accurate GPS reading that give you a position within about 30 ft you need contact with:

a) 20 – 25 satellites

b) 2 satellites provided they were launched in the last 3 years

c) 2-5 satellites

d) 3-8 satellites

Short essays (use full sentences)

What is hyperspectral data and why is it of interest to geologists?